Brecht Political Theory

The Foundations of Twentieth-Century Political Thought
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-1-4008-7855-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 630 Seiten

Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library

In this distinguished work Arnold Brecht, who served under more than a dozen German Chancellors and whose work in defense of democracy received recognition by the Adenauer government in 1953, surveys the philosophical and scientific foundations of political theory in the twentieth century. His wide-ranging treatise sweeps over the entire scope of this century's contributions, including the philosophical, juridical, scientific, sociological, methodological, and historical. The book is a pioneering effort toward an integrated presentation, a first attempt to offer a comprehensive modern political theory.

The aim is both a systematic presentation and a full description of the recent genesis of thought. The pertinent teachings of representative writers-some from the past (from Hume and Kant to Darwin, Mill, and Marx) and most of the present century (from Peirce, James, Simmel, and Weber to Husserl, Dewey, Lasswell, Northrop, and Fuller) are analyzed. Dr. Brecht incorporates, chapter by chapter, his own contributions. Social scientists, philosophers, lawyers, and students of religion will find it a challenging guide, written with penetrating clarity and rich in fruitful suggestions.

Originally published in 1959.

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Brecht, Arnold

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Frontmatter, pg. i
Preface, pg. vii
Preface to the Fifth Printing, pg. xi
Acknowledgments, pg. xv
Contents, pg. xvii
Introductory, pg. 1
Chapter I. Theory of Scientific Method: Facts and Logic, pg. 27
Chapter II. Theory of Scientific Method (Continued): Causality, Tests, Prediction, pg. 73
Chapter III. Theory of Scientific Value Relativism (Value Alternativism), pg. 117
Chapter IV. Theory of Justice and the Impact on it of Scientific Method and Value Relativism, pg. 136
Chapter V. Precursors and Cousins, pg. 165
Chapter VI. The Rise of Scientific Value Relativism, pg. 207
Chapter VII. The Revolt, pg. 261
Chapter VIII. Twentieth-Century Attempts to Identify Highest Values, pg. 302
Chapter IX. Factual, Not Logical, Links between Is and Ought, pg. 367
Chapter X. Universal Postulates of Justice, pg. 387
Chapter XI. Truth and Justice, pg. 404
Chapter XII. Impossibility (Limited Possibility), pg. 417
Chapter XIII. Twentieth-Century Political Science and the Belief in God, pg. 456
Results, pg. 480
Appendix A. Note Regarding a Planned Second Volume, pg. 495
Appendix B. Miscellaneous Notes on Special Questions and on Literature, pg. 499
Supplementary Notes on Literature, pg. 575
Index of Names, pg. 581
Subject Index, pg. 588